Local Non Profit Gives Back to Heart Transplant Community

Posted by bsojaster, Community Contributor

Local nonprofit HeartBrothers Foundation receives a $10,000 grant from CareDx, a molecular diagnostics company, in support of patient assistance and education for heart transplant recipients in several New England states in 2015.

Local nonprofit HeartBrothers Foundation receives a $10,000 grant from CareDx, a molecular diagnostics company, in support of patient assistance and education for heart transplant recipients in several New England states in 2015. (Posted by bsojaster, Community Contributor)

What do four heart transplant survivors from New England have in common? A passion for giving back to the heart failure and heart transplant community - and inspiring those around them, and across the country, to give back too.

A heart transplant is a type of surgery where a doctor replaces a diseased heart with a healthy heart; you may need a heart transplant if you suffer from severe heart failure. Up to 50,000 people are candidates for heart transplantation each year.

HeartBrothers Foundation is a non-profit organization launched by four survivors that aims to assist those living with heart failure and those about to endure the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and financial stresses that this condition causes. Their programming is growing, recently securing a $10,000 grant from a California-based company - CareDx - that develops noninvasive diagnostics for organ transplant patients.

With the holiday season upon us, now is the time to pay it forward. Find an organization that supports a mission important to you and give back where you can - through volunteerism, donations, or just engaging with the community.